Where does “sangerinne” come from?

sangerinne (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål inne, from Old Norse inni.

sangerinne (Norwegian Bokmål): a female singer

Definitions

  1. a female singer

Ancestry of “sangerinne”, step by step

sangerinne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål inne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålinneinside, indoors, in, within
2Old Norseinni—

via Norwegian Bokmål sanger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsangera singer; a songbird; indefinite plural of sang
2Old Norsesǫngari—

Words derived from “sangerinne”

Every word from Old Norse inni →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål inne →